Michael Marshall Smith has written a wonderful Introduction for my forthcoming novella from Humdrumming, THE REACH OF CHILDREN. And if I can tempt you with an extract of the novella ... just click here and check it out.
A few exciting announcements today, as promised:
First, my novels BERSERK and THE EVERLASTING are being produced as audio books by Dark Realms Audio, the 'mature listeners' arm of Audio Realms. Check out the website and you can see what other very cool projects they have, both available now - Brian Keene, Jack Ketchum and Richard Laymon - and forthcoming. I had an audiobook made about ten years ago of my novella The First Law (it was on cassette, that tells you how long ago it was) and that turned out well (although the publisher disappeared into thin air and I never saw a penny royalties ... so it goes). I can't wait to hear these from Dark Realms, especially in these days when audio books are bigger business than ever.
Dark Discoveries '11 has hit the shelves, containing a long story by me called Making Room, as well as fiction by Mike Laimo, Cody Goodfellow and J J Caruso, and interviews with Joe Hill, Edward Lee and Charlee Jacob. It's a scorcher. Buy it.
And you'll want to be buying this, too. The Big Book of Necon is one of those anthologies already destined to be a classic. Oh yes.
This website will be undergoing an huge redesign in the near future. It's going to look sexy. Watch this space.
Finally, a bit of excitement in the village at 3:30am this morning. A car exploded. Just chaos, keeping us on our toes.
Had a good weekend movie-wise. We watched THE MIST on Saturday, and I thought it was fabulous. Very scary, very well-written (apart from a few dodgy bits of dialogue), and the ending was excellent. I know some have said they didn't like the way this movie ended but ... well. I don't want to give any spoliers.
Then on Sunday we too the kids to see the fourth Indiana Jones movie. Preposterous, but I had a smile on my face much of the way through, and it was everything I had hoped. Ford looked great, and it was good to see Karen Allen again. Remember all those public information films of the 70s that told you to hide under the stairs in the event of a nuclear attack? Those guys got it all wrong ...
MIND THE GAP has had a nice review at the Fantasy Book Critic.
Tomorrow, some exciting news ....
Maybe it's because I'm a Brit that I just don't get this. The comment that gave me real pause was, "We're just damn glad to live in a free country where you can have a gun if you want to."
So surely there should be a grading system of some sort here? You buy a little 2-seater sports number, and you get a hand gun. Family sized car, an automatic. Road-shagging SUV, it's a Kalashnikov. And a Hummer? Surely that would come with a tactical nuclear weapon.
Here, if you buy a second-hand car you usually get footwell mats and 3 months parts and labour warranty, if you're lucky.
MIND THE GAP, the first of the collaborations I'm writing with the very excellent Christopher Golden, has hit the shelves! You should be able to get it from all the usual places ... and if you can't, ask them why, and get them to place an order.
Library Journal, in their Starred Review, said: "Filled with action yet much more than a simple adventure, this tale of the clash between the worlds of magic and science is a standout for adult and YA fantasy collections. Highly recommended."
And Kelly Armstrong, author of Personal Demon, called it "A pitch-perfect blend of fantasy and realism."
There's a dedicated website here: www.thehiddencities.com
So there you go ... the first book Chris and I have had published together, and certainly not the last. THE MAP OF MOMENTS, Book Two of this Hidden Cities series, has been delivered to Bantam, and then there are the YA novels we're writing for Atheneum, THE SECRET JOURNEYS OF JACK LONDON.
Today I also signed contracts for my new Hellboy novel, HELLBOY: THE FIRE WOLVES, and the UK deal with Allison & Busby. So it's been a good day, so far.
I've just returned from a long weekend in Cornwall with my family, siblings, some cousins, and their kids and partners. I'm exhausted, but we all had a wonderful time swanning around the coast, drinking Tribute ale and eating Cornish Pasties. In three days I successfully undid all the hard traiing I've been doing for the half-marathon. Well, it wasn't quite that bad, but when I went for a run today I felt like a bag of ... pasties.
Trying to get back into things now (and back into shape!), but today's been one of those annoying days where I'm just catching up on stuff and can't seem to get anything substantial done. Completed an interview for the UK's Dark Side magazine (I'll let you know when that one's hitting the shelves), did a few other things, and now it's time to clock off for a bit.
But before I go ... check out this wonderful review for MIND THE GAP. It's out tomorrow!
Dark Discoveries #11 is out now, containing my brand new story Making Room. This is a fine magazine - the latest issue also features Joe Hill, Mike Laimo, Ed Lee and many others - so give it your support and go pick it up.
Also thrilled today to see that MIND THE GAP received a Starred Review in Library Journal. Here's an extract:
"Filled with action yet much more than a simple adventure, this tale of the clash between the worlds of magic and science is a standout for adult and YA fantasy collections."
The book's out in a week or so. Camp outside your local bookshops.
I hate cats. One of the bastards shit in my seed tray. When I catch it, I'm going to make a hat out of it.
I don't knit. Never have, probably never will. I once did a tapestry, when I was about 8, but don't tell anyone.
But this seems like knittism to me. Surely there's a case for reasonable use, and fan sites, and people just ... well ... having a laugh? BBC turns nasty. Next, they'll be taking out a contract on that woman I see walking around the village whistling the theme tune to Eastenders.
I spent the majority of this weekend gardening. And I enjoyed it.
I'll let that sink in for a minute ......
It was several months ago that I decided I should dig up the unused, gravelled seating area at the rear of our garage and plant vegetables there instead. It's taken me until this weekend to put that plan into action, and I thoroughly enjoyed these last two days - shifting a ton of gravel by hand, digging the ground, digging again, emptying the composter we've had for a couple of years over the excavated soil (worms! millions of them!), digging in again, raking, compressing, raking again, compressing again, planting seeds ... Who knows, some of it might even grow! Red onions, spring onions, carrots, parsnips, purple sprouting, broccoli. I've also planted some garlic in a tub on our patio, as well as tomato and pepper plants in grow bags.
Madness. But I loved it. Part of that was enjoying the physical side of it, I guess, but it also took me back to helping my mum and dad in the various gardens we've had; they always loved gardening, and Dad still does (and he's been my 'gardening advice line' all weekend). I'm hoping it's something my kids will enjoy too, especially when the time comes to start harvesting. There's nothing quite like fresh tomato & cheese sandwiches, tomato still warm from the sun and just plucked, crusty bread, cracked black pepper .....
So on this blog, along with updates and news about forthcoming book releases (and they include a new novel and collection), and movie news (a couple of potential new options on the horixon), you can expect frequent updates on how successfully my seeds have sprouted, and whether I have any unwelcome attacks of carrot fly.
See? The blog that just keeps on giving.
'Til next time ... take care of your vegetables.
There's a great new review for MIND THE GAP here. The book's due out in two weeks, but if you've seen it on the shelves already please do hit 'comment' and let me know.
I'm in Amalfi at the moment. Or rather, my head is. I went there ten years ago with my wife, and so much of that wonderful week's holiday is coming back to me as I research the place for a novel that I'm considering writing novels in every place I've holidayed, just to relive the memories. So, expect new novels soon set in Austria, the Dominican Republic, and Tenby.
Hellboy's in Amalfi with me, having a fine time thus far ... although I do feel that things are going to go awry for him in, oh, about four pages.
We have celebrity dinner parties, celebrity hair cuts, celebrity car servicing, and I hear rumours of a new post-watershed Satruday evening programme on ITV, Celebrity Back, Sack and Crack Wax.
But this? Maybe not this year ... but next?
Nothing would surprise me.
I return you to your normal viewing.
There's some nice things being said about my two-novella volume AFTER THE WAR- go here to check it out.
I've just started reading The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch, after seeing much praise about it, and I have to say it's pretty stunning. I'm not that far in, but the world Lynch is creating is wonderfully rich, decadent, grim, brutal, and it also has a nice sense of humour. I was intensely annoyed to learn that Scott Lynch is only in his twenties. Far too talented for his own good, obviously.
I've also been on a HELLBOY reading spree ... because today, I began my second Hellboy novel! I'm writing HELLBOY: The Fire Wolves for Dark Horse, and I'm thrilled at being able to enter Mike Mignola's wondrous world yet again. Watch out for updates on this book in the future.
And more news incoming soon!
My publisher has set up this very nifty way for you to read an extract from the new novel MIND THE GAP (co-written with Chris Golden). For a techno-illiterate like me, I just think this is so sexy. Pop along and take a look!
I hate weekends when it rains. Was hoping to go over the woods today with the kids to see the bluebells, but it's pissing down right now. Still, we're all off to the pub later to watch our friend playing in his band, so that'll be fun.
And for anyone wondering .... yes, I'm still in training for the half-marathon! I go running four or five times each week, anywhere between 3 and 6 miles right now. But I'm getting better. It's a lot of fun, and I never thought I'd say this but .... I really enjoy it!
There's a lengthly interview with me online now at Nosse Morte magazine . It's a nice online magazine, go check it out!
Tim
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